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However incredible or unbelievable it may sound, incest and sexual abuse of children is a bitter reality that needs to be dealt with strongly and systematically, writes Shoma A. Chatterji
Family — the basic cog in the social matrix — is termed as the final refuge and a source of comfort. But is it really so? If one were to take the case of the 21-year-old young woman of Mira Road in Mumbai, who was systematically raped by her father for nine years, then one can see that family can also be the cause of betrayal of the worst type from which there is no escape.

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Funniest of them all
Despite being an accomplished comedian and columnist, Shazia Mirza has faced death threats. But she feels happy to make people laugh, writes Kalindi Sheth
Shazia Mirza, an award-winning British Asian comedian, is at the not-so-harmonious confluence of many worlds. Born to immigrant Pakistani parents in Birmingham, the 34-year-old Muslim gave up her day job as a teacher to step into the unconventional field of stand-up comedy when all her parents wanted her to do was become a doctor and get married.

Right to dignity
Old people should have the right to dignity in life and death. A mechanism needs
to be evolved to ensure that their twilight years are spent in peace,
writes Triloki Das Khandelwal
IF human rights are to be classified in various categories of people like women, minorities, children and members of the SC and ST, then senior citizens constitute a special constituency. Age knows no discrimination of colour, caste, sex or creed.

Jallianwala Bagh
Through British eyes
On the 90th anniversary of the massacre on April 13, Sekhar Phadnis assesses
the impact of the event on the British empire 
After the Jallianwala Bagh massacre Mahatma Gandhi remarked that the British had got control of India at Plassey in 1757 and lost it in 1919.

Music that is firing up discs
Ruchika Kher
IT is high on energy, appeals to the young brigade and is the mainstay of elite nightclubs and hip dance parties. EDM, short for electronic dance music, has caught on in India, with much of its popularity fuelled by the Internet.

I’ll retire if my films get preachy: Deepa Mehta
Kripa Krishnan
DEEPA MEHTA might have a penchant for unconventional and often controversial themes, but the director says she will retire as a filmmaker if her films start resembling message-laden documentaries.

The name is Bond
Superspy James Bond has beaten off competition from Indiana Jones, Superman and Harry Potter to be named Hollywood’s top hero in a new poll.